How to Deal with Huge (and Growing) Log Files in Linux

Posted by RoseHosting on Sep 27, 2018 5:07 PM EDT
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If you’ve managed a Linux server for any length of time, you’re familiar with the problem of log files. They can sometimes be difficult enough to even find in the first place, and then you’re sometimes confronted with a file that’s hundreds of MB in size (or even GB).

If you’ve managed a Linux server for any length of time, you’re familiar with the problem of log files. They can sometimes be difficult enough to even find in the first place, and then you’re sometimes confronted with a file that’s hundreds of MB in size (or even GB). Searching through it is a pain, and they can eventually even start eating up your storage space.

This tutorial will show you how to deal with this problem. We’re going to make use of the inbuilt Linux package for system logs that’s already in place. This means you don’t need to install any new packages! All you need to know is how to add the configuration for your own log files.

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